Bold plan shows understanding of huge scale of problem faced by low-income households, unlike ministers
When the cabinet is reportedly debating the merits of extending MOT tests to two years as a way to tackle the cost of living crisis, one can conclude that the well of big ideas in government has run dry. Or perhaps ministers simply haven’t grasped that high energy bills will go even higher in October when the consumer price cap increases again – by £500-£600 on current projections. Fiddling with £40-ish MOT delays is risible.
Instead, the most interesting proposal has come from the energy industry. Keith Anderson, the chief executive of Scottish Power, banged the drum in front of MPs last week for his “deficit fund” idea that would have the government remove £1,000 from the bills of low-income households, and he gave another thump alongside the company’s first-quarter numbers on Wednesday.
